Huber, Petrova reach U.S. Open doubles final

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09/10/2010 - Flushing Meadows, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - A second-seeded tandem of American Liezel Huber and Russian Nadia Petrova posted a semifinal victory Friday at the 2010 U.S. Open.

Huber-Petrova reached the women's doubles finale with a 6-3, 6-2 spanking of seventh-seeded Yung-Jan Chan of Taipei and Jie Zheng of China at the National Tennis Center. Huber was a mixed doubles champion, alongside fellow American Bob Bryan, here on Thursday.

The 34-year-old Huber is a four-time Grand Slam women's doubles champion, including a U.S. Open title, alongside Zimbabwe's Cara Black, back in 2008.

Huber and Petrova will meet a sixth-seeded pairing of American Vania King and Kazakhstan's Yaroslava Shvedova in Sunday's finale, with the winning team claiming $420,000.

On Thursday, King-Shvedova topped a ninth-seeded pairing of Black and Australian Anastasia Rodionova 6-3, 4-6, 6-4. King and Shvedova captured the Wimbledon championship in July.

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According to MySportsbook.com, the favorites for Saturday’s Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky are: Curlin (+250); Street Sense (+500); Scat Daddy (+700); Circular Quay (+750); and Nobiz Like Shobiz (+800).

Derby organizers announced this week that there will be a $1-million bonus at the 2007 Kentucky Derby odds if the first-place horse wins by more than 6 1/2 lengths – the margin of Barbaro's victory last year. The bonus would be divided Saturday among the winning trainer, jockey, owner and a charity, with each receiving 25 percent. The designated charity is the Barbaro Memorial Fund.

''It's certainly creative, it's certainly fun and it has something for the horsemen, which we always want to embrace,'' Churchill Downs president and chief executive Robert Evans said at a news conference. ''What's really cool is it will force us to remember Barbaro.''
    
Meanwhile, the Derby favorite – Curlin – is going against the odds this year. It's been 125 years since Apollo won after skipping his 2-year-old season, and not since Regret in 1915 has such a lightly seasoned horse worn the blanket of red roses.

Arkansas Derby winner Curlin – unbeaten in three career races – tries to overcome both those obstacles in Saturday's 133rd Derby.

''We're not running against history,'' trainer Steve Asmussen said Monday. ''We're running against who they load up.''

Six other horses have run in the Derby without benefit of 2-year-old races and with three or fewer starts. The best any of them managed was a sixth-place finish by Showing Up last year.
   
Asmussen dismissed suggestions that Curlin's lack of racing experience could keep him from the winner's circle.

”He exudes confidence and he's got a great presence about him,'' the trainer said. ''I feel great about the position we're in. He's not worried about anything, why should you be?''
   
The Kentucky Derby is at 4:04 p.m., ET Saturday.

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